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Definition of Conservation of momentum
1. Noun. The principle that the total linear momentum in a closed system is constant and is not affected by processes occurring inside the system.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conservation Of Momentum
Literary usage of Conservation of momentum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"Conservation of Momentum. — I. Linear Momentum. — As already noted, the principle
of linear impulse and linear momentum for the motion of any mass-system ..."
2. Laboratory Physics: A Students Manual for Colleges and Scientific Schools by Dayton Clarence Miller (1903)
"In other words, the sum of the momenta before impact is equal to the sum of the
momenta after impact; this is the principle of the Conservation of Momentum. ..."
3. Laboratory Physics: A Students Manual for Colleges and Scientific Schools by Dayton Clarence Miller (1903)
"conservation of momentum WITH THE BALLISTIC PENDULUM Prove the conservation of
momentum by the impact of elastic bodies, a larger body striking a smaller ..."
4. The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Account of Its Development by Ernst Mach (1919)
"THE LAWS OF THE conservation of momentum, OF THE CONSERVATION OF THE CENTRE OF
GRAVITY, AND OF THE CONSERVATION OF AREAS. 1. Although Newton's principles ..."
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